Release 0.50.0 stable
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$Id$
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v0.38.0 26-Dec-2002 - 03-Oct-2003
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upgrade:
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Note: if upgrading from a 0.37.8 or 0.37.9 development version,
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then no upgrade procedure is needed. All others read the next
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carefully!
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A bit tricky to upgrade and start using the new debug logfile,
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follow the next steps exactly!!
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1. Download and install the source
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2. Run "./configure"
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3. Run "make" (and do not install yet)
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4. Run "mbstat close"
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5. Backup /opt/mbse/bin and /opt/mbse/etc.
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6. Run "mbstat close"
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7. Kill mbtask, mostly "kill `/sbin/pidoff mbtask`" will do.
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8. Run (as root) "make install" to install the new software.
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9. Make sure you are user mbse again.
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10. Start mbtask manual, "mbtask"
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11. Run "mbsetup", enter menu 1, exit, save and close.
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12. Wait one minute.
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13. Run "mbstat open"
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After this is done the first time, restarting mbtask can be
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done as usual by running the mbsed init script. If something
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doesn't work (you get socket errors), it is important that you
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kill mbtask during software versions swap. All software must
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be of the same build.
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Check settings menu 1.5.21 for maximum allowed logins.
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Check setting of menu 1.14.15.
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Remove ~/etc/archiver.data, start mbsetup menu 3, leave and
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save. This updates the archiver view contents commands.
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After upgrade you may remove ~/etc/maptabs and it's contents.
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After upgrade you may remove ~/etc/bank.data.
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After upgrade you may remove ~/etc/safe.data.
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If you want, download and install the nu-door and safe-door
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packages.
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In mbsetup 1.17.3 check if you have the XX,CM,IBN,IFC flags,
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which indicates your TCP/IP capabilities. This is only for
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systems that use TCP/IP, dialup systems should only have
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the XX,CM flags. Important: only protocols that you place
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in this entry are supported, so XX,CM,IBN will let your system
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only call binkp nodes.
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general:
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The nodelist lookup functions are now in a separate library.
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This will give us easy implemtation of new nodelist formats
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and flags.
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Introduced a new file, ~/etc/nodelist.conf, this file will
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be used for nodelist lookup behaviour.
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The current looked-up nodelist strcuture has an extra field,
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the URL how that node must be contacted.
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Debug logging is now in a separate file, the normal logging is
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now only in the normal logfiles.
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Changed all Linux references into GNU/Linux.
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Changed the address of the FSF in all sources.
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Removed memwatch debugger.
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Changed all gif and jpg images to png images.
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Added a setup switch for the nodes for selecting the wrong
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binkp long filenames escape method for Argus and Irex nodes.
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Activated the productcode for mbse that is published in the
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ftscprod.007, MBSE now has an official product code.
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Changed the website address in several sources.
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Added switches for binkp CRC mode in global and node records.
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Added check for inconv.h in configure script for UNIX98
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character set conversion. (Not yet used).
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Removed external (sysop) chat, chat paging times and other
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chat stuff that is of no use anymore. The sysop shows his
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presence by running mbmon. The mbchat program is obsolete.
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Menu item 22 is added, this is user chat session.
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For chat (and sysop/user paging chat) works now using the
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mbtask daemon.
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In several messages handling functions the international
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charset translations are removed because of several bugs. They
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will be replaced by standard library functions. Right now the
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messages are 8 bit clean and there is no translation on the
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gateway. The maptabs are removed.
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Menu items 22 and 23 are removed, menu 319 is added. You may
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want to replace the default txtfiles and menus, upgraded
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versions are in the distribution but are not automatic
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installed.
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Documented menu 318, was present for a long time, just not in
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the html docs.
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The main Makefile now sets each txtfiles directory to mode 775
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to allow doors to write ansi/ascii screens.
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Removed the safe cracker door, this is now external.
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A new developer/translator joined the team, David Gonzalez.
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The settings to suppres some IP protocols (global and nodes)
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are removed, this behaviour must be set using nodelist flags
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configuration.
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Debug logging for mail and news now have one setting, the M.
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Nodelist debug logging now uses the N character.
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In some makefiles the chown user.group syntax changed to
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user:group to follow the new POSIX syntax. Please let me know
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if you are using an older distribution that complains about
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this. This was needed for FreeBSD 4.7.
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Added Dutch template macro files. Updated English and German
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template macro files. Please remove old ones before installing.
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common.a:
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Added a set of general purpose timers.
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Node locking tests for non-stale lockfiles older then 6 hours.
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Added general code for prgram locking.
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The getheader function changed to support stone-age .pkt's.
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If the packet year has a Y2K bug, the year is fixed. This is
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only cosmetic for logging.
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If the zone info is missing, the zone is guessed from 2d aka
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matching against the system aka's. Then all mail in the .pkt
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file is also assumed to be in that zone if there is no zone
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info in the messages also.
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Guess what, these packets do still exist in Fidonet, it took
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5 years to find them! If you want to check, call 5:5/0
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Fixed compiler warning in network code.
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printable function now escapes all non-printable characters.
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In rfcmsg function the Cc: header is now treated as any other
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header to prevent a SIGSEGV when the headerline is empty.
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Removed charset conversion/translation.
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Added integer endian byteorder swapper, usefull for non-Intel
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hardware.
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The poutCR function for the bbs never did send a newline.
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New function to get the real case of a filename.
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nodelist.a:
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Added experimental support for IP nodes lookup using a default
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domain method. This is not the final implementation yet!
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Update, this works now as described in a FSP-xxxx that is in
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discussion in the FTSC. This will also work for current
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practice.
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msgbase.a:
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Moved messages link from mbmsg program into library.
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Resolved a buffer overflow problem with kludges larger then
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512 bytes.
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mbcico:
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Compiled IEMSI code back in, starts mblogin which is not IEMSI
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ready yet. A user with an IEMSI terminal can from there do a
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manual login.
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If doesn't do Multiple Batch mode anymore against binkp/1.1
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mailers.
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File resync during receive finally works.
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In binkp we don't send a empty dataframe after a file anymore.
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Completly changed the files inbound receive, all files are now
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first stored in a unique per node temporary inbound directory.
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Only after a successfull session all received files are moved
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to the final inbound directory.
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Another goodie is that this is more safe on busy multiline
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systems.
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A light improvement in session handshake setup timers.
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Added EMSI handshake timers, this gives a more relaxed EMSI
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handshake.
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Set the EMSI receive failure count to 20 instead of 6, we can
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now even accept buggy maindoor sessions and still display a
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banner.
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For FTS-0001 sessions the mail password was used instead of the
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session password. Also improved the password check.
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The product code was not entered in the FTS-0001 packet headers.
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Revised some state tables in the binkp session setup stage.
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Fixed a possible buffer overflow in the binkp driver.
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Implemented CRAM rev.4 change in binkp driver.
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Binkp now sends M_BSY to the remote when the bbs is closed.
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Better logging of BSY and ERR messages.
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The binkp transmitter does now escape the unsafe filename
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characters. Method is selectable in the setup.
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The binkp receiver now does process escaped filenames.
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The binkp protocol now supports MD5 crypted passwords.
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Removed some heavy debug code from ttyio functions to increase
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throughput.
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Standarized raw ifcico protocol logging.
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Some minor changes to the raw ifcico protocol, better error
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checking and a check for buffer overflow.
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YooHoo transmitter fixed for transmitting 16 bits product
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codes.
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With binkp and EMSI sessions double received remote aka's are
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filtered.
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When calling ITN nodes, the default port is now 23.
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Call setup changed and uses now the nodelist lookup URL.
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Changed raw ifcico debug logging.
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mbout:
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When a poll was removed, the outbound was not rescanned.
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mbfile:
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Added program locking to prevent that more than one mbfile can
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run at the same time.
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When a file was deleted for age or download age, the 8.3
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filename was not removed from disk.
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A better check againts empty upload dates when purging files.
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Also added a log when this happens. Please report if you see
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any of these.
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In the import function several bugfixes for reading files.bbs.
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Fixed upper/lowercase filenames bug with import.
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Move old files to another area failed, only the symbolic link
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was moved.
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Prepared for multilanguage html pages creation.
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mbfido:
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The rfc to ftn gate now drops the headerlines starting with
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X-Spam- because they are only filled with advertisents and are
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very large (upto 1200 bytes which is somewhat larger for a
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fidonet kludge).
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Stone age packet support, see common.a.
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Due to a configuration error in some system using some tic
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processor mbfido did crash.
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Now it will log this and continue processing ticfiles with the
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risk of sending files back to the owner of that faulty program.
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Added the same check for Seenby lines.
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In a scanned netmail destined to our own local UUCP gate the
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useless X-FTN-INTL and X-FTN-TOPT kludges are no longer
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inserted in the message.
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Finding the inbound tic file now uses the new filecase function.
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Removed all code for charset translation.
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In areamgr/filemgr lists the messages are forced splitted when
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the force limit is reached in the middle of a group listing.
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The nodes statistics are expanded with flow counters.
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If echomail is accepted in a unsecure area or the unsecure
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commandline option is set, a violation is logged as warning.
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Removed some debugging tests and log messages.
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If a tic file was received in uppercase, during import in the
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bbs the LFN is converted to lowercase.
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Promoted some normal debug logmessages to heavy debug messages
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in the outbound queue packer.
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Echomail from other zones showed the address of your own zone.
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Added logging when other errors are found.
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At zonegates, the seenby lines were twice stripped.
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Another patch to compensate for sysops that pack pascalnet
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files in fidonet packets and send these messages into the world
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without zone information.
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Made the incoming tic files complete case insensitive, mixed
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case is now processed. If such file is received, the LFN will
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be set to that name.
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The magic unpack command now uses the mail unpack command
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instead of file unpack command so that paths in the archive are
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junked.
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mbsebbs:
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When a message is saved, the messages in that area are linked.
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Added check for maximum simultaneous logins.
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Removed debug logging for userrecord i/o
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During virusscan of file uploads, the mbtask timeout timer is
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set to one hour to support very long scans.
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Changed logging during user login.
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Fixed bugs in QWK mail upload processing.
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Allow - and _ in email names (GetstrU function).
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Increased internal message buffer size to 700 lines.
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Fullscreen editor code cleanup, debug messages removed.
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When entering a message, the first character of the subject
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line was capitalized.
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Fixed recognition of tar.gz files.
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Added menu function display file.
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Display ascii textfiles now uses the More Y/n/= prompt.
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When a new message is saved in a local area, the mailout
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semafore is not set anymore.
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Offline reader, the reply packets are now handled complete
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case insensitive.
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Dropped BlueWave v2 format completly, obsolete format.
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The BlueWave and QWK download packets can have kludges, this
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depends on a setting in the userbase.
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In downloaded netmail, if message comes from a point, the FMPT
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kludge is allways included in the message.
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Added some forgotten checks for a valid QWK board name.
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Lots of code cleanups in the offline code.
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Added menu 320, toggle Offline Reader Extended Info.
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Added new control code: control-U + 8, this displays YES or NO
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for the new Extended Info setting.
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The display file function now displays the ^U8 code.
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Added support for door32.sys dropfile.
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Fixed user idle logoff when new mailcheck took too long.
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Added email reply when reading new (e)mail.
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To page the sysop, the CPAG and CCAN commands to mbtask are now
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used.
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Removed all old chat code that worked on the tty device.
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Added chat client site. If the sysop responds to the page
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request, the user is dropped into chatmode in the sysop
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channel as soon as the user does nothing (ie in a menu or still
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in page mode).
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It will now refuse to up/download OLR packets when the system
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bbs id is not set in the global setup.
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When a reply is made on a message in a area which allows
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aliases, the user is asked to use his alias.
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When a reply is made on a message in a newsgroup and your
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systems has a permanent mail domain the email address is used
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as from name.
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Removed timebank and nextuser doors.
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Added editing of user's signature file. New menu item 319.
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If the sysop is exporting a echomail message he will have the
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option to save to his private directory or to the rules
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directory. If saved to the rules directory the message will
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have the filename of the area tag. Normal users can only export
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to their private directory. Sysops: now you can start
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collecting area rules!
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New menu 221, display arearules. This function tries to find
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the arearules in the rules directory and if found displays
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this to the user.
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Fixed whoson list to display user real names and handles again.
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Fixed send online message to send to user real names, handles
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and unix names again.
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The menus are machine endian independant.
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Maybe removed a bug where the bbs sometimes crashed during
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mail reading.
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Fixed some minor things to the door.sys file.
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Normal users were allowed to delete messages of other users,
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now only the writer or those with sysop access to the area are
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allowed to delete messages.
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Finally wrote Delete Message from the menu (menu 206).
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Removed the safe cracker door.
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Changed to use the new nodelist lookup methods.
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mbsetup:
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Made menus editor work on non-intel platforms.
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Added support for debug logging in menu 1.3 and removed the
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mbtask debug switch from menu 18.
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Import and purge oneliners now log what is done.
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In the nodes setup a switch is added to fallback to the wrong
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binkp escape method.
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Added menu entry 1.5.21 for setting maximum allowed logins.
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Added program locking, only one mbsetup can run at the same
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time.
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In menu 1.14 added global switch to disable binkp CRC32 file
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transfers.
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In menu 7.x.3 added a switch to enable binkp CRC32 file
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transfers with this node.
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In menu 1.14 added a switch to turn MD5 crypted passwords off.
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The edit archiver has now an edit line for the view archive
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commands.
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Added protection against wrong database sizes depending on
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global settings.
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When moving a message area to area zero mbsetup doesn't crash
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anymore.
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Added new menu item 319, removed menu items 22 and 23.
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Added setup for rules directory.
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Added setup for menu 221. Changed description of menu 103.
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The menu editor is machine endian independant.
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Removed setup for the safe cracker door.
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In menu 8.3 showing long option data lines, the lines were too
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long for a 80 characters display.
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Removed global flags No-IBN, IFC and ITN from the setup.
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Removed nodes flags No-IBN, IFC and ITN from the setup.
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removed del/rubout/bs keys logging.
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mbtask:
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Added support for debug logfile. Dropped the debug switch for
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mbtask logging, this is now allways on.
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On new installations sets max logins to 1.
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Now uses standard locking in ~/var/run
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When idle, it now reports the time to the next event to be
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seen in mbmon menu 1.
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With startup it now shows the tty flags in the log.
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Remove some semafore debug messages.
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Fixed compiler warnings in network code.
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Safer logging of user log messages.
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In personal message text the text after a ; character is not
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ignored anymore.
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With mbtask start, the ports locktimes are reset to zero.
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Added CSYS command to report if sysop is available.
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Added CPAG command to page the sysop.
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Added CCAN command to cancel the sysop page.
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Added CCKP command to check for a page.
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Added CCON, CCLO, CPUT and CGET commands for chatserver.
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Implemented a chatserver, this looks like a simple IRC server
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to the users.
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Arcmail for non-CM nodes and Txx nodes is now sent during the
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node's opening hours or ZMH.
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Fixed a bug where one of the nodelists was node closed with
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each outbound scan and was causing mbtask to stop functioning
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after a few days.
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After forking the daemon, the stdin, stdout and stderr are
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reopend to /dev/null.
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Zero the daily status counters finally works again.
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Added experimental code where tossing mail is not started as
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long as there are mailers running, but not longer as 30 mins.
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This should make the whole system less nervous.
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Modified this code, didn't work, the toss was always started
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at once.
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mbdiff:
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If unpacking a diff file fails, a second attempt is done after
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a sync and one second delay.
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mbmon:
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Updated software info screen.
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Added program locking, only one mbmon can run at the same time
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to prevent troubles with chat and sysop available.
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Reports sysop available or left the system when mbmon starts
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or stops.
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Reports a page from a user in row 3 of the screen (but doesn't
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do chat right now).
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Adjusts its screensize if the environment variables LINES and
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COLUMNS are set.
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(in ~/.profile add the line "export LINES COLUMNS").
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The show lastcallers now adjusts the number of lines available.
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The show server clients screen now adjusts to the number of
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lines available.
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Added chatserver client, there are 2 modes, one id general chat
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and the other is respond to a users page request where the
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channel is automatic set.
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mbuser:
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Added program locking to prevent that more than one mbuser can
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run at the same time.
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Added nopper code during pack.
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mbaff:
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Added program locking to prevent that more than one mbaff can
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run at the same time.
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mball:
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Added program locking to prevent that more than one mball can
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run at the same time.
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mbmsg:
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Moved message linking to msgbase library.
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unix:
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Fixed compiler warning.
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examples:
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Updated Spaning and English chat menu to use the internal
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chatserver.
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Removed the last menu item from the offline menu, added new
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Extended Info toggle (English only).
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Updated offline textfiles to remove point download and add
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new Extended Info toggle (English only)
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The English and Dutch templates are updated to show the new
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nodes flow counters (html.nodes).
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English textfiles and menus are updated to show the new menu
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functions.
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Prepared for more example translations.
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Added German template files made by Joachim Kuwan.
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script:
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Fixed debian init script to allow it to run over the network
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by using kill `pidof mbtask` to kill the daemon.
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Added full path to pidof command in FreeBSD init script.
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Added new init script for FreeBSD.
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lang:
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Added language prompts 18 and 19.
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||||
Added germandu, a German language file in "Du" style instead of
|
||||
"Sie". Written by Malte Tychsen.
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||||
Changed the last Englsh language prompts in the german.txt.
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||||
New language prompt number 17.
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Erased language prompts 18..36.
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||||
Changed language prompts 15, 16 and 152.
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||||
Changed english, german and dutch language prompts 11, 12, 13,
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14 and 107.
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||||
Changed in other languages as well, but in English.
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||||
|
||||
SETUP.sh
|
||||
Made the script more portable.
|
||||
|
||||
CRON.sh
|
||||
Removed explanation about Zone Mail Hour, this is obsolete
|
||||
for a long time already.
|
||||
|
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